Salinas police focus on drug activity on Soledad Street

3:06 AM,
Feb. 23, 2013

Written by

T.S. Alvarez
talvarez@thecalifornian.com

Salinas police arrived at the lower end of Soledad Street early Friday morning in response to complaints in the area regarding panhandling and drug activity.

Officer Mike Groves said this was not an effort to target the homeless population in the neighborhood like the cleanup sweep that took place Jan. 31. Rather, Soledad Street is just one street among several that have come to police attention through citizen complaints about an increase in incidents. Groves said the police will spend more time patrolling these areas when circumstances and time permit.